Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday to send Filipino mental health workers to Ukraine to help ensure the welfare and the mental health of their soldiers amid the crisis in their country.

In his meeting with President Marcos at the Malacañan Palace, President Zelenskyy told President Marcos that they are in need of more mental health workers for their soldiers and defenders who are the forefront of the crisis that their country is facing.

“Thanks, you mentioned about humanitarian possibilities especially for medicine and like I said to you, especially, psychological mental health and etc., – army. So, you understand how many people need their help when they come back, they can’t lose in the families,” Zelenskyy said.

“It’s difficult for them — to study again,” he added.

For his part, President Marcos told the Ukrainian leader that the Philippines can offer them help by sending Filipino mental health workers for their soldiers amid the crises in their country.

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